<p>Are there any graduating seniors who don’t need letters of recommendation from professors, regardless what they intend to do? Professors who write excellent letters will be asked to write many many many - not only for current students, but also for former students who may be changing jobs. What about when the former students, seeking advice on career changes, end up as house guests? What kind of hourly wage for that? On the one hand I could see only paying for hours spent directly discussing career, but if the professor wouldn’t have entertained the former student socially otherwise, is the hourly wage for the whole visit 24/7 - or maybe just waking hours? What about associated housekeeping costs? and groceries?</p>